Manchester Culture Newswire Archive

In Memory of Steve Cohen

ionnek, 10-03-2009 10:18

Steve Cohen, a socialist and fighter against all forms of racism and immigration controls, died on Sunday morning, 8. March 2009.
"Right now, ‘Don’t Organise, Mourn!’ - his only slightly tongue-in-cheek injunction to grieving friends’ seems as tidy and insightful as anything else he came up with." (Jane on Engage Online)

Here is a my attempt at public remembering and mourning.

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Say no to 'Israeli Science Day' at our Science Museums

Mark Krantz, Greater Manchester Stop the War Coalition, 20-02-2009 22:55

The Zionist Federation of Britain, a pro-Israel lobby group, wants to hold an "Israeli Science Day" at the Science Museums in Manchester and London.

The Stop the War Coalition and activists in the UCU union in Manchester are mobilising to stop this insulting event from happen at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (Mosi).
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BBC offices occupied in Manchester - v.brief early report

...., 27-01-2009 18:13

A friend just rang to tell me that the BBC offices in Manchester have just been occupied.. Read more | 4 additions | 3 comments >>

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ARTPORT to redefine domestic departures lounge

ARTPORT, 12-01-2009 17:27

ARTPORT is working in collaboration with the Climate Rush for a Dinner at Domestic Departures, Heathrow, at 7pm on the 12th January 2009

A project set up to harness the power of art and imagination to help stabilise the climate.
We are looking to find individuals and artists who are passionate about producing ideas and actions focused on and directed at treating the enormous challenges of climate change. Read more >>

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Buy Nothing Day Manchester: Primark Feels the Wrath of Santa’s Little Workers!

nicnoc, 10-12-2008 15:06

On Saturday 29th November seven students braved Manchester’s heaving Market Street in support of Buy Nothing Day 2008. In festive dress and armed with some thought-provoking clothing labels of their own, the aim was to raise awareness about unnecessary consumerism over Christmas, and to reveal the true cost of high street fashion to Saturday shoppers.
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North East Working Class Bookfair Sat. November 22nd 2008, 12-4pm

Bookfair Visitors Welcome, 14-11-2008 11:34

North East Working Class Bookfair
Durham Clayport Library, Millennium Place, Durham City.
Saturday November 22nd 2008, 12-4pm

Market Tavern welcomes drinkers from the bookfair Read more >>

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50 Years of CND - Peacemakers reunion gig...

Merseyside CND, 24-10-2008 00:00

Merseyside CND's very own big band the 'Peacemakers' make a return with their premier English folk/worldbeat. Jigs, reels, ska grooves, afrobeat horns. Read more >>

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A film for Anti-McDonalds day

Momentum Media, 20-10-2008 11:54

Some tasty treats on the street, and a surprise in store for the McDonalds management in Manchester... Read more >>

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Basement Social Centre Update

a basementeer, 09-10-2008 15:50

NEXT TUESDAY 14th October at the Friends Meeting House (Mount Street) 6-8pm

a chance to find out whats happening with the basement collective, think about whether manchester wants or needs another social centre and find out what everyone has been up to since the fire last year

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Native American Speaker in Manchester

talullah gosh, 24-09-2008 10:09

Native American Andrew Big Smoke of the Cree People is travelling the world sharing stories and prophecies

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Britain's Top Radical Singers Gather For Liverpool Festival

Working Class Music Festival, 29-08-2008 13:46

Dick Gaughan, Leon Rosselson, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Roy Bailey, The Alun Parry Band, Tracey Curtis, Robb Johnson, and more to play Liverpool Working Class Music Festival. Read more >>

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"Pride is a Protest" - Bradford MSGI marches at Manchester Pride

Jeffa, 26-08-2008 09:54

Several representatives of University of Bradford's MSGI society marched at Manchester Pride 2008 to proclaim "Pride is a Protest", along with several other groups. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Manchester Pride Launch Interrupted by Protesters

Pride is a Protest Manchester, 16-08-2008 01:12

Young Activists Ejected from Lord Mayor's Reception - Council Balloon Launch Ambushed in Surprise “Birthday” Message - Around half a dozen young gay activists gave Manchester Pride an unexpected surprise this evening when they surrounded the imminent balloon launch set to mark the event's 18th anniversary. City wide LGBT event faces tension within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community.


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Anarchy Alive - Uri Gordon speaking in Liverpool Fri 15th Aug

nfn, 12-08-2008 11:54

News From Nowhere Radical & Community Bookshop presents anarchist author Uri Gordon speaking about his book "Anarchy Alive! Anti-Authoritarian Politics From Practice to Theory", at 7pm, this Friday 15th August, at Liverpool Social Centre, basement 96 Bold St, Liverpool L1 4HY  http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org. (Entrance next door to bookshop - ring basement bell). All welcome. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Merseyside Peace & Ecology Festival 2008

Merseyside CND, 18-07-2008 20:55

DATE: Saturday 26th July 2008
TIME: 11am - 7pm
LOCATION: St.Luke's Church (bombed out one) top of Bold Street, Liverpool City Centre

ORGANISED BY: Merseyside CND Read more | 2 comments >>

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Get Lost Festival Celebrates Public Space

The LRM, 18-06-2008 12:33

Thanks to everyone who is helping to Make Get Lost such an amazing success

The next few days see a flurry of special events which reclaim the city for more than shopping and look for magic under the pavement. It would be splendid to see you at some of them Read more >>

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Garden City Social - Saturday, June 28, 2008

Garden City Social, 16-06-2008 09:33

Garden City Social
Hidden Rivers Special

Saturday, June 28, 2008
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Britons Protection
opp Bridgewater Hall, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom

Part of the Loiterer’s Resistance Movement pyschogeographic festival Read more >>

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Press Release: Palestine Lives 2008

PALESTINE LIVES 2008 CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE., 04-06-2008 13:25

ON SATURDAY JUNE 7TH FROM 1-4 PM , MANCHESTER’S ALBERT SQUARE WILL BE THE VENUE FOR A FESTIVE CELEBRATION OF PALESTINIAN CULTURE,ART, HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE Read more >>

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Exodus Shorts Refugee Film Festival, June 16–22 2008

tofuprincesssara, 28-05-2008 14:57

Films telling powerful stories of those who have fled across continents and made new lives for themselves will be shown at the Exodus Shorts Refugee Film Festival in Manchester and Liverpool. Read more >>

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Knitters Do It In Public

K Heppell, 26-05-2008 17:13

On 14th June this year like-minded people across the world will come together to do in public something which they usually only do in the privacy of their own home. Knit. Read more | 3 comments >>

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